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'Unique' baby seal lounges in living room

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TAURANGA, New Zealand, Dec. 16 (UPI) -- Experts said a seal that entered a woman's New Zealand home and was videotaped lounging on her sofa is "very unique."

Lucky the fur seal pup was videotaped sitting on Annette Swoffer's sofa Sunday after entering the Tauranga house through a cat door, the New Zealand Herald reported Thursday.

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Swoffer said she was surprised at the media attention the incident has received.

"It's been all over the Australian media and there seem to be a lot of reports in German on Google," Swoffer said. "I don't know what was less expected to be honest -- the seal or the media interest."

Department of Conservation marine mammal expert Laura Boren described the seal's behavior as "very unique."

Boren cautioned against getting too close to a seal.

"People don't want to be feeding them ... and you don't want to get bitten by one," she said.

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